Gas-producer.



PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

G. C. HBILMAN. GAS PRODUCER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 4. 1907.

IN VE/V TOR WITNESSES.-

Unrrnn sTArEs PATENT OFFICE GUY C. HEILMAN, OF IIACKENSAOK, NEW JERSEY, A'SSIGNQR- OF ONIJJIALF TO MARY A. HERRIOK, OF NEW YORK, N Y.

GAS-PRODUCER.

k' lpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. l 7, 1907 Application filed March t, 1907. Serial No. 360,381.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUY G. H'EILMAN, o, citizen of the U nitcd States, residing in the city of l'lzttfliOilSiLCk, in the county ol Bergen and Stttlc of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Gus-Producers, of

which the following is a specification;

This invention is a gas producer comprising a hopper containing it screw for effecting a regulated feed, a breaker for reducing the size of the incl, and a spout for distributing the broken l'uel within the producer body, the screw, breather and spent being lixed to and revolved by n journaled slnit't.

In the din-wings, Figure 1 represents a sectional elevetion of my invention; Fig. 2 represents a top plan viewoi the hopper, and Fig; 3 represents a plain view of the detached spout.

'In the drawings is shown the top of a producer body 1 havingn cover 2 containing an aperture Surrounding the aperture and fixed to the cover is it ring 4 which supports it hopper comprisingthe .op-

positely tapering conical secti 'is 5 and ti having :1

threat 7, an inlet 8 being formed in the closed top 9.

A spent 10, having a cylindrical body portion ll. disposed within the zip filure 3 and the ring 1, is provided with a Circular llange l2 rovolnbly mounted Within the bearing 1.; ol the ring 4, the outlet from the spout being disposed eccentrically and ungul-tirl y to its axis of revolution. A spider 14, is fixed within the body of the spout and has fixed thereto o shnl't lfi journnled in the bearing 16 of the hopper cover 9, This shalt,

driven by u WOl'lIl wheel 17 thereon and the worm l8 engaging the worm wheel, has lined thereto a conical screw propeller 19' within the conical section 5 and L1 conical breaker or grinder 20 within the conical section (3. The breaker is provided with the projections 2i the body of the producer, being distributed circularly and in a uniform manner over the fuel in the body of the producer. i

Having described my invention, 1 claini:- 1. In a ens producer, l body having :1 cover, a hoppen lined to said cover. :1 propelling device and a. grinding device i-cvoluhle wirhin snid hopper, and i1 rcvoluble spout for distributing fuel within said body.

in :1 ens producer, at feed hopper having oppositely disposed coniciil sections, a spout to which said hopper delivers, and a jourinileu shaft having a screw propeller thereon within one of said conical S(!Ci.l0I1S,'S21ld spout being; fixed to and revolved by said shaft. 1

Cl. In n uns' n'oducor, -.1 feed hopper having oppositely disposed conical sections diverging from each other, a spout to which said hopperdelivers, and uv jonrnnled shaft having a grinder (hereon within one of said conical sections. snid spout; beinp; fixed to and revolved by said shaft;

4. in :1 gas producer, a hopper having oppositely disposed conic-til sections. it revoluhlc shaft having fixed i'li0l'(( ll fl screw propell r within one of said conical seclions and 2t grindefwithin the other of said sections. and n spout lixed lo and revolved by said shaft to which said hopper delivers. I 3

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name this :tolh duy of l ebruury, 1907, in the presence of the suhscribing witnesses. f

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